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Big ideas, big plans that didn’t make it into legislation
In a legislative session that saw a record amount of bills filed in both chambers, some measures promised before or even during the session never saw the light of day.
Fate of most 2020 bills met at Legislature’s deadline
Silent death has come for about two-thirds of the 1,842 bills and resolutions introduced this year in the Legislature.
Court refuses to wipe Arpaio’s contempt verdict after Trump pardon
A federal appeals court has rebuffed the bid by former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to have his criminal conviction formally erased.
Bill would revamp Arizona speeding laws
The state Senate on Wednesday gave preliminary approval to legislation that eliminates the possibility you could be arrested if you drive faster than 85 miles per hour.
Republicans press to remove oversight of voucher program away from education agency
A pair of Republican state senators plans to independently amend an Empowerment Scholarship Accounts bill to change partial oversight of the program and establish a plan to determine what happens to unused money in accounts with high balances.
4 GOP lawmakers align with Democrats to kill tax cuts for veterans
State senators on Tuesday rejected the one tax break sought by Gov. Doug Ducey in his State of the State speech.
U.S. Supreme Court rejects Arizona challenge to California tax
The U.S. Supreme Court has spurned a bid by Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich to sue California over how it applies its business tax on residents and investors here.
Ducey-backed gun restriction stuck in Senate
Gov. Doug Ducey’s attempt to pass a law allowing a judge to order people deemed a potential threat to themselves or others to forfeit their weapons and submit to mental health evaluations is effectively dead in the Legislature.
Domingo DeGrazia: Legislature’s most interesting man
Rep. Domingo DeGrazia, D-Tucson, doesn’t like lawyers, nor is he fond of politicians.
Players in movement to remake Arizona’s criminal justice system
Since conservatives got on board with revamping Arizona’s sentencing laws, bills to do that no longer lay unheard, not considered. And as the movement has taken hold over the past few years, a host of groups and people have made their presence known at the Legislature. Following are some of them.
Women inmates rehabilitate working for local marketing firm
The only difference between her and the typical focused, stern female marketing executive adorned in a pantsuit most people imagine is that Ochoa wears orange scrubs and attends conference calls from inside Perryville prison complex in Goodyear.
Bills targeting short-term rental law face uphill battle
House and Senate committees on February 20 narrowly approved two bills designed to roll back a 2016 state law that barred cities from restricting short-term rentals and created what critics describe as a “multi-headed monster.”
